Guided tours for groups

You will find more information concerning our offers for groups and school classes under the item Education. We advise you to book your tour as early as possible.

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Renovation of the visitor's parking area

Dear Visitors,

The
visitor's parking area will experience part closures from the 31/07/2018, due to development works and the installation of toilet facilities. Owing to these disruptions, we recommend that you use public transport in order to reach the memorial site.

The renovation works will be completed by 2020.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

Opening Hours

The memorial site is open dailyfrom 9:00 am to 5:00
pm. The memorial site is closed on December 24th.

No prior appointment is
necessary and entry is free.

Video Messages on Liberation Day

As part of the 70th anniversary of liberation day, survivors tell of the suffering they had to endure while imprisoned, how
they experienced the events surrounding liberation, and give some
details of their life afterward in a video message.

Tour Brochure

Dachau Concentration Camp
Memorial Site published a new brochure titled “Dachau Concentration Camp
Memorial Site. A Tour”. It will offer visitors information at
twenty stations on the grounds and in the exhibitions, as well as six
additional stations in the environs of the Memorial Site. Read more ...

Introduction

Historical picture of the entrance to the prisoners' camp

On March 22, 1933, a few weeks after Adolf Hitler had
been appointed Reich Chancellor, a concentration camp for political
prisoners was set up in Dachau. This camp served as a model for all
later concentration camps and as a "school of violence" for the SS men
under whose command it stood. In the twelve years of its existence over
200.000 persons from all over Europe were imprisoned here and in the
numerous subsidary camps. 41.500 were murdered. On April 29 1945,
American troops liberated the survivors.

Picture of the historical entrance today

The Memorial Site on the grounds of the former
concentration camp was established in 1965 on the initiative of and in
accordance with the plans of the surviving prisoners who had joined
together to form the Comité International de Dachau. The Bavarian state
government provided financial support. Between 1996 and 2003 a new
exhibition on the history of the Dachau concentration camp was created,
following the leitmotif of the "Path of the Prisoners".